Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 21 November 1939

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB, 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY No. 285. Vol. XCVII. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1939. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    Air Raid Warnings In South-East Coast
    216 1 CINEMA A UDIENCES’ CALM Unidentified Plane Over East Kent London, Nov. 20. IR raid warnings ware sounded in several parts of the South-East Coast tonight. Cinemas were in full swing but the majority of the audiences stayed behind. No gjanfire or bombs were heard.
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    German Plane Shot Down By Frontier Guard
    105 1 —Reuter. Amsterdam, Nov. 21. It is now announced that a German military plane was shot lown on Saturday from the ground. According to an unofficial verion, a Dutch frontier guard .dually shot the pilot with a rifle. The Berlin correspondent of he “Ilaldelsblad”
    —Reuter.  -  105 words
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    MARTIAL LAW IN SUKKOR
    49 1 Reuter. To Be Proclaimed If Situation Gets Worse Karachi, November 20. If is now officially denied that marI law has been proclaimed in Svk--1 IJ r, though it is believed there that the situation does not improve to'*kht, it would be proclaimed tomorr,' A Reuter.
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    His Word Cannot Be Trusted
    317 1 —8.0. W. Rugby, November 21. In connection with the tragic loss of life in the sinking of the Dutch liner “Simon Bolivar” it is being recalled that in the second week of September the Berlin correspondent of the Amsterdam newspaper “Handelsblad,” in an interview with
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    Reduced War Activity
    31 1 —8.0. W. RUGBY', NOY'. 21. A FRENCH OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE ISSUED YESTERDAY’ STATES: “THERE WAS REDUCED ACTIVITY' ON THE FRONT CHARACTERISED BY' A FEW PATROLS AND SOME ARTILLERY' FIRE.”
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    Mr. Hore-Belisha Back From The Front
    52 1 —Reuter. Rugby, November 21. Mr. Hore-Belisha, War Minister, who has concluded his visit to the Western front, has now returned by air from France. The Turkish military mission which are leaving London on Tuesday will be seen off by representatives of the British and
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    RUSSIA AND JAPAN TO OPEN TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
    183 1 MOSCOW, NOV. 21. M MOLOTOV AND MR. TOGO HAVE AGREED TO OPEN NEGOTIATIONS FOR A TRADE TREATY BASED ON THE “MOST FAVOURED NATION” CLAUSE. THEY WILL COVER QUESTIONS OF JAPANESE-SOVIET AND SINO-SOVIET PORTS. THE EXCHANGE OF VIEWS IS STILL IN A VERY PRELIMINARY
    —REUTER.  -  183 words
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    China’s New Premier
    198 1 —Reuter. GEV. CHIANG TAKES OVER Chungking, Nov. 21. Wartime China acquired a new Freni er today with the appointment of General Chiang Kai-shek to the post cf President cf the Executive Yuan, succeeding his brother-in-law, Dr. H. H. Kung who retains his position as Minister of Finance
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    "ORANJE" TO BE LAID UP
    62 1 One Of World’s Fastest Passenger Ships < Owing to the danger to shipping in the North Sea, the Dutch liner “Oranje” one of the fastest passenger ships in the world, is to be laid up in the Dutch East Indies, according to a message from
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    LONDON TUBE EXTENSION
    94 1 .—Reuter. Scheme Not Held Lp By War Rugby, Nov. 21. War conditions have not held up the progress of the £3,250.000 London tube extension. Today a r ew line between under the street and Stanmore 11 miles outside the centre of London was opened. New intermediary stations
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    TENTH SHIPPING TRAGEDY OVER WEEK-END
    519 1 LONDON, NOV. 21. NEWS OF THE TENTH SHIPPING TRAGEDY OVER THE WEEK-END WAS RECEIVED WHEN IT IF AS ANNOUNCED LAST NIGHT THAT 22 SURVIVORS OF THE ARLINGTON COURT” (3,000 TONS) WHICH WAS SUNK OFF THE IRISH COAST, WAS PICKED UP BY ANOTHER VESSEL WHICH MADE
    —Reuter.  -  519 words
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    MANCHURIAN SOYA BEANS
    85 1 laim to the contrary. —Chinese Centra tews. Trade With Germany Hard Hit By War Hongkong. Nov 17. The Japanese-German trade has been bard hit by the European War, it is reliably learned here. In an effort to continue the export of Manchurian soya beans in exchange for
    laim to the contrary.—Chinese Centra tews.  -  85 words
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    MALAYAN RUBBER RELEASE
    39 1 Aii official communique states that the Controller of Rubber, Malaya, has fixed the rate of release for the Ist Quarter, IQ4O, at 80 per cent of one-quarter of the Standard Production of all holdings in Malaya.
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    HOME DEFENCE BATTALIONS
    109 1 -8.0. W. Satisfactory Response Reported London, November 21. The opening of the voluntary recruitment of home defence battalions for which the War Office announced on Thursday that it would accept 20,000 has had excellent response. Fifty-seven battalions are being formed as part of the country’s regiments. These
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    INFLUENCE OF GERMAN PROPAGANDA
    77 1 —BOW. Not Feared By British Circles London, November 20. Neutral observers in London have remarked on the fact that the newspaper “Times” still publishes the hours and wavelengths of German broadcasts from Hamburg, Cologne and Zeesen in English as illustrating how little responsible British quarters fear
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    GERMAN PLANES OVER THAMES ESTUARY AREA
    205 2 Reuter. Driven Off By R.A.F. Fighters A-A GUNS OPEN FIRE Air Raid Alarm Also In Scottish Town London, November 20. Anti-aircraft guns opened lire this afternoon on an aeroplane flying at a great height over a South-East town. Shells burst in a circle round
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    Mysterious Cruiser Seen In Pacific
    61 2 —Reuter. Yokohama, Nov. 20. The captains of the freighter, “Yeinan Maru” and the Dutch liner, “Ijisalak” yesterday sighted a mysterious white cruiser off the Peninsula of Iju in the Pacific Ocean. The liner, “Kunishima Maru,” reports that a large green submarine of unknown nationality was
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    INDO-CHINA’S LOYALTY
    91 2 Men And Material To Help France Paris, Nov. 20 M. Jules Brevie, Governor-General of Indo-china. made at the Sorbonne (College) a great address, in which he set forth that the imperial spirit, which animates all the French possessions, has been asserted in a marvellous manner. Giving proof everywhere
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    FRIENDSHIP FOR DEMOCRACIES
    86 2 Roosevelt Avows His Sympathy For Allies New York. Nov. 18. President Roosevelt has made a new address in which he has avowed without ambiguity his friendship and his sympathy for the democracies not forgetting that they are struggling for ideas which were defended, tweny-five 5 ears ago.
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    MILITARY LEAVE IN HOLLAND
    15 2 .—Reuter. Amsterdam. November 20 Military leave will be restored from tomorrow.—Reuter.
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    Still No Operations On Western Front
    84 2 —REUTER. RAIN CAUSES FLOODS PARIS, NOV. 20. BAD WEATHER CONTINUES TO HAMPER OPERATIONS ON THE WESTERN FRONT AS A RESULT OF CONTINUOUS RAIN DURING THE PAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS THE RHINE HAS AGAIN RISEN AND THE SMALL STREAMS HAVE OVERFLOWED THEIR BANKS, CAUSING WIDESPREAD FLOODING.
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    MME. CHIANG
    54 2 Chinese Central News. Visit To Military Hospitals Kweilin. Nov. 17. Madame Chiang Kai-shek has completed her visits to military hospitals in Hunan and Kwangsi provinces, where she personally distributed a sweater, towel, tooth brush, special food and two dollars to each wounded soldier. While here, she also collected
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    HITLER'S "SECRET WEAPON?"
    70 2 —Reuter. Magnetic Mine Not A New Invention London. November 20. The week-end sinking of eight ships has given rise to the theory that Herr Hitlers "secret weapon" may be the magnetic mine but if that is so it is pointed out it is but a poor quibble.
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    GERMAN PLANE OVER HOLLAND
    38 2 Reuter. Shot Down By Dutch Air Patrol The Hague. November 20 A German aeroplane crashed near Roermond after being attacked by a Dutch air patrol. The pilot was killed and the machine destroyed.— Reuter.
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    EIGHT SHIPS SUNK LAST WEEK-END
    606 2 Germany Tries To Fix Guilt On Britain London, November 20. Including the “Simon Bolivar,” Netherlands liner, ei ships were sunk by German mines during the week-end. They were the “Blackhill, 2,492 tons (British), the “Torch-Bean 1,267 tons (British), the “Bo Borjesson,” 1,586 tons (> dish),
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    Over 10,000 Casualties In Fortnight
    427 2 HEAVY JAPANESE LOSSES Chungking, Nov. 17. The Japanese suffered 10,330 casualties during the first half of November while the Chinese war gains for the same period included 29 prisoners, 103 horses, 617 rifles, 22 machine-guns, 6 guns, and 2,655 rounds of ammunition. The Chinese have
    —Chinese Central News.  -  427 words
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    BAN ON PEPPER IMPORTS
    48 2 —Reuter. New Order Issued By Board Of Trade London, A ov. 20. Importations of ground and underground pepper are pr >ubited under a new order issued by the Board of 'I rade. A "/>- plications for import licem e.\ will be entertained until notice. —Reuter.
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    RATIONING TO START SOON
    91 2 —Reuter. Only Bacon- Butter And Sugar London. Novem- The registration of ration < shopkeepers for the sup? s butter and sugar is proceed:. week. The Minister of Food a: the date when the ration start will be soon after No general registration is e minate. The
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    BUDDHIST MISSION
    69 2 will spend five months dia, Malaya and Siam. 1 News. Departure For Rang* l From Kuiiiidi'2 Kunming. N'"--The Chinese Buddhis i](l party led by Abbot 1 famous Buddhist phil" Tan Yun-Shan of the An the Shantiniketan Schoo t Chen Ting-mo of the Shan 1 at Canton, left Kunming
    will spend five months dia, Malaya and Siam. ( 1 News.  -  69 words
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    APPEAL FOR POLISH RELIEF FUND
    381 2 —8.0. W. Broadcast By Count Raczynski Rugby. Nov. 19. The Polish Ambassador. Count Raczyi nski. to-night broadcast an appeal for the Polish Relief Fund. He said: You know Poland was attacked and invaded by Germany and yet you can hardly rea ise the degree of
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    MARINE INSURANCE Alterations In Rates For Malaya
    70 2 —Reuter. London, Nov. 20. The Institute of London Underwriters notify alterations in the current schedule including voyages within the area of Siam. India, Dutch Indies, Malaya, Burma and British North Borneo. Including voyages between the Straits and Indo-China but not north of Saigon
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    MORE ENEMY PATROLS IN SECTORS EAST OF THE MOSELLE
    855 3 Half Of One Unit Wiped Out Near Blies German Pursuit Planes Fly Unceasingly Over French Lines Paris, Nov. 20 The number of enemy patrols was greater yesterday than during the last few days, says M. Charles Morice writing in the Petit
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    German Threat To Allied Ships
    48 3 Reuter. €>€> T() BE SUNK ON SIGHT Copenhagen, Nov. 20. The Berlingske Tidende reports that the Germany have prepared a second list of fifty-eight English and eight French passenger ships allegedly aimed for action against submarines which will, therefore, be sunk on sight. Reuter.
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    SINO-SOVIET TRADE
    51 3 Chinese Central News. Possile Improvement Discussed Chungking, November 15. The Soviet Ambassador, M. Alexan ier Panaouchkine, dined with Dr. H. H. Kung. President of the Executive Yuan, last night. It is learned that M. Panaouchkine took the opportunity to laise the question regarding the improvement of the Sino-Soviet
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    SURVIVORS OF "ARNE KJODE"
    188 3 —Reuter. Harrowing Tale Of Davs Acb’ift London. Nov 20 How an aeroplane helped to save the survivors of the Norwegian tanker. Arnt Kjode which was torpedoed without warning, was described by survivors who leached an East Coast port yesterday. They were 55 hours adrift in a
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    LATVIA GERMANS
    41 3 Reuter. More Than 20.000 Repatriated Berlin, Nov. 2U. More than twenty thousand Germans from Latvia have now been repatriated to the Reich, according to the German News Agency. This represents about one-third of the German minority group in Latvia.
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    Failure Of Japanese Fighting Strategy
    448 3 SOVIET COMMENT ON PROGRESS OF HOSTILITIES IN CHINA Moscow, Nov. 15 The progress of hostilities in China during the last two months have further proved the helplessness of the Japanese military and the futility of its offensive attempts, says Colonel Vorobyov, in an article for
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    SOVIET-JAPANESE TRADE AGREEMENT
    61 3 Reuter. Mixed Commission To Demarcate Border Moscow, Nov. 20. Japan and the Soviet have agreed to the comjjosition of the mixed commission to demarcate the MongolianManchukuan frontier. M. Molotov and Ambassador Togo, who signed the agreement also exchanged views on the fundamental principles on which a Soviet-Japanese
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    EX-KAISER’S LUCKY ESCAPE
    51 3 U prooted Trees Fall Near Him It is revealed that the exi Kaiser narrowly escaped death I while walking in the park on I Sunday morning. Three giant 1 trees were uprooted in a storm j and crashed eighty feet from him, says a Reuter message from
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    Surat Perkhabaran Melayu
    501 3 News In Malay It is suggested that readers should cut out this news in Romanised Malay and hand it to Malay members of their households, thus helping to keep the Malay population informed about the progress of the war. These Malay news bulletins will be published daily.
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    S.S. MEN GUARDING STRATEGIC POINTS TO PRAGUE
    681 3 More Detachments Patrolling The Streets Amsterdam, November 20. QUIPPED with hand grenades and machine-guns, groups of S.S. men are guarding ail strategic points to Prague, according to despatches from the Berlin correspondent of the Telegraph and the Handelsblad. Other groups, including motor detachments,
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    BRITISH EUROPEANS IN THE F.M.S.
    293 4 Registration As In Colony •< Kuala Lumpur. European British subjects in the Federation are to be registered the same way as in the Colony, and this announcement is made in the following communique which has been issued by the F.M.S. Government for general information •‘The
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    Shipments To Neutral Countries
    207 4 NAME OF BUYERS MUST BE SPECIFIED The following notice issued by the Ministry of Economic Warfare on the 11th November, 1939, is published for general information, in Friday’s Govt, Gazette. The Ministry of Economic Warfare wish to remind traders of the notice issued some time ago
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    BANNED BY MALAYAN CENSOR BUT PASSED AT HOME
    512 4 London Press Comment On “U-Boat 2<P\ rpHE news of the banning of the British film, “U-Boat 29” by the Malayan Film Censor has aroused indignation in this country. Letters voicing protest at this decision have appeared in the Singapore newspapers. This film,
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    BROADCASTING THE FOURTH LINE OF DEFENCE
    496 4 Work Of Singapore Indian Chamber “Your committee played an important part in conferring with the authorities of the British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation for the resumption, of Indian programmes in their broadcasts,” said Mr. G. Uttaram, acting Chairman of the Indian chamber of Commerce, Singapore,
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    DONATIONS BY PENANG RICE MERCHANTS
    151 4 Another S5OO To Patriotic Fund The Penang Rice Merchants have given contributions as follows: (1) Executive Yuan of the Chinese National Government for Relief Purposes Str. $8,195.60 (2) Malaya Patriotic Fund 500.00 Str. $8,695.600 representing donations from the following firms:— Messrs. Ghee Guan $1,444.55 Ghee
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    INCREASES OF GOATS AND SWINE IN MALAYA
    1481 4 Growing Demand For Oxen For Slaughter From the livestock census compiled during the year, it would appear that in Federated Malay States and Straits Settlements the total numbers of each species of animal with the* exception of sheep has undergone a significant increase
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    Shop Tarring Outrage
    114 5 Youth On Unlawful Soc-iety Charge As a sequel to the tarring outrage in which a sundry-goods shop at the junction <»: Beach Street and Acheen Street was alt led to have been smeared with liquid tar by over 20 Chinese, a 19-year-old Chinese, Sim Kee Choo, was
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    ST. GEORGE’S CLUB
    53 5 Tomorrow’s Musical Evening •he St. George's Club announce that musical evening at the residence Mi and Mrs. J. H. Dodd, 12 Brown id, tomorrow (Wednesday) at 9 l».m will take the form of a recital i miophone records. It is hoped it there will be .a full
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    ANXIETY AMONG PERAK PLANTERS
    183 5 Shortage Of Coagulants Ipoh. The acute shortage of coagulants, particularly formic acid, is causing «rave anxiety among planters and estate proprietors in Perak. Since the outbreak of War some uneasiness has been felt among local planters as t<> the possible shortage of coagulants, as formic and
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    WOMAN, GAGGED, TELLS OF YOUNG MAN’S STRANGE BEHAVIOUR
    398 5 House Trespass Charge HUSBAND’S RESCUE j I£ ow sh e was gagged with some I cloth and forced to the ground was described by a pretty Indian woman, the wife of a rubber tapper, beI fore Che Ahmad bin Mahmund, Magistrate. Kuala
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    STOLE CYCLE LAMP AT MARKET
    122 5 Thief Caught In The Act Sentence was deferred on Low Ah Chooi who pleaded guilty before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Penang Middle Court yesterday to a charge of theft of a bicycle lamp valued 15 cents belonging to Cheng Moh Hap about 9
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    CRIMINAL TRESPASS ALLEGED
    93 5 Accused Says He Was Dragged Into Compound Lee Song Um was accused of entering 17 Pangkor Road about 9 p.m. on November 19 and thereby committed criminal trespass, when he was produced before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Penang Middle Court yesterday. The accused, in claiming
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    $2,500 Theft At Beach Street
    158 5 MONEY SNATCHED FROM CLERK BY CYCLIST A SENSATIONAL snatch theft was rejwirted to have been comm.tted at Beach Street at about 2.30 yesterday afternoon, when a Chinese clerk employed aS the Sin Hock Hin Rubber Trading Co., Ltd., Nos. 71—77 Bridgle Street, was relieved of
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    Stolen Jewellery Traced To Pawnshops
    657 5 TRIAL OF TWO MALAYS How the police recovered certain articles of jewellery stolen from a house occupied by a Chinese woman and her young son at various pawnshops in town was related to Mr. A. VV. Bellamy in the Police Court yesterday at the trial
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    CHARITY DANCE ON DECEMBER 15
    82 5 Penang Gansing Orchestra’s Effort For China Fund The Penang Gansing Orchestra is organising a Charity Dance to be held at the Penang Elysee Cabaret Hall on December 15 from 7.30 p.m. to midnight Tickets for light drinks are now on sale at 50 cents. The
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    ACCUSED IN CHEATING CASE DISCHARGED
    77 5 An order of discharge not amounting to an acquittal was passed by Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Penang Middle Court yesterday on Tan Geok Soo who was charged with cheating under the jurisdiction of Singapore. Inspector Walter Ingham told the court that he had
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    Malay Teacher Fined
    111 5 Negligent Driving Charge Ipoh. A well-dressed Malay, a schoolteacher, named Ayub, was fined $lO by the Ipoh First Magistrate, Mr. P. F. Y. Radcliffe, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of negligent driving. Inspector Mac Lean, the complainant in the case, told the court that he
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    CHINESE ARTIST ON WAY TO INDIA
    91 5 Painted Portrait Of Sir Shenton Thomas Going out to India at the invitation of Dr. R. Tagore, the well-known Chinese artist, Mr. Peon Hsu, passed through Penang yesterday en route to Calcutta. Mr. Hsu was met on board the ship by the local Chinese
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    CYCLIST KNOCKED DOWN
    83 5 Car Driven By oman Ipoh. Shortly after five o'clock yesterday evening an accident occurred at the junction of Brewster Road and Togo Street, involving an Indian cyclist, who was knocked down by a car driven by an European woman. It appears that both the vehicles were turning
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    BAND PROGRAMME
    75 5 Today on the Esplanade from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. March The Smiling Prince Carver Overture Bronze Horse Auber Selection The Rose Of England Hum? Waltz Saucy Swayne Selection Dance Memories Finck Intermezzo The Valley Of Poppies Ancliff i Fox Trot A Quayside In Old Shanghai Gray MOONLIGHT
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    Social & Personal
    660 5 Social Personal The appointment of Mr. I. W. Biel-i loch, M.C.S., as acting Legal Adviser, Kedah, has been gazetted. sk sfe Je Mr. V. G. A. Reeve-Tucker has returned from Sumatra, where he has been on a visit for a month. H. E. Monseigneur Devals, Bishop of Malacca, will administer
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      117 5 QUEEN'S Opening Today If tih 3 Shows AT 3 P.M., 6.30 P.M. and 9.30 P.M. The greatest Chinese Historical Picture Played at the Lyric Theatre, Shanghai for over 36 packed days “MADAM LEE SAM NEO” (with full English sub-titles) Matinee At 3 p.m. Prices 15, 30 50 cents Downstairs. 6.30
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    GERMAN RUTHLESSNESS ON THE HIGH SEAS
    489 6 'T'HE war on the Western Front having proved ineffective, as far as the Germans are concerned, Hitler has now launched a series of callous sinkings on the high seas. When at the outbreak of war the “Athenia” was torpedoed and sunk, the world was
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    Around The Town
    71 6 QUEEN’S CINEMA "Madam Lee Sam Neo” (Chin- 1 ese picture) 6.30 9.30 p.m. MAJESTIC CINEMA “Four Feathers” 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. CAPITAL TALKIE “Radio City Revels.” LIBERTY’ TALKIE Chinese Silent Picture. WEMBLEY’ PARK Ladies’ Guest Night. Nooran Opera, Cantonese Opera. FUN FROLIC Ladies’ Guest Night. Cantonese Opera,
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    Diary of a Foreign News Editor
    625 6 Tuesday, Nov. ~’i. AIR raid warnings were sounded in several parts of the Southeast coast last night. Cinemas were in full swing but the majority of the audience remained at their seats. No gunfire or bombs w ere heard and the "all clear” was
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    By The Way
    460 6 Thp. Convent Show npHE Penang Convent, I see, is staging on Thursday Balfes well-known opera "1 he Bohemian Girl”. This is rather an ambitious production for schoolgirls but knowing full well the attention to detail which the local Convent has always shown in their previous presentations (“Hiawatha”
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    No Wish Of F.M.S. Government To Profit By The War
    2325 7 HIGH COMMISSIONER REVIEWS BUDGET Iniporlanee Of Greater Food (cultivation Urged Kuala Lumpur. ls Excellency the High Commissioner, in opening L S .meeting of the Federal Council, reviewed nan s’ position of the Federation and estimated the dehcit for the year
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      CUP OFFERED FOR CHARITY SOCCER
      183 7 Io The Editor, “Pinang Gazette”) Now that the Penang Chinese tball Association have achieved the distinction of annexing the coveted ‘I able’’ by winning the Penang .ball Association League Cham-f.-nship and Cup Competition, may I suggest that a match be arranged betw en them and
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    Step-Mother Fined For Cruelty
    237 7 Remarking that the defendant had xeeeded her parental right, thereby causing many injuries to the child, the -’magistrate, Mr. Lim Koon Teck, fined Chinese woman Tan Joo Hooi $25 or weeks’ rigorous imprisonment. n she pleaded guilty in the Penang a’ •bile Court yesterday, to a
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    LECTURE ON MALAY LITERATURE
    43 7 1 dure on Malay literature will be -v .Mr. C. N. Maxwell to the Butch Recreation Club Literary Circle '■’■((inesday November 22 at 8.30 pm. P at the Club-house. Mr. C. S. 11' preside interested are cordially invited to
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    FEDERAL ESTIMATES FOR 1910
    214 7 Deficit Of Over Five Million The memorandum by the Financial I Secretary, Federated Malay States, on the estimates tor 1910 was laid before the Federal Council meeting this I morning. J The estimated revenue for 1940 is $63,370,991 and the estimated expenditure on revenue account is
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    Unswerving Loyalty OF People Of F.M.S.
    609 7 FEDERAL COUNCIL MOTION: NO EFFORT TO BE SPARED Kuala Lumpur. ou^ today’s meeting of the Federal Council, following His Excellency the High Commissioner’s address, the Federal Secretary (Hon. Mr. Hugh Fraser) moved the loyalty resolution of the peoples of the Federated Malay States, associating
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    LINGUI TIN LIMITED
    401 8 Directors’ Report 1 FOLLOWING is the Directors’ re- port of Lingui Tin Ltd., for the year ended August 31, 1939, to be presented at the twenty-first annual general meeting at Singapore on Nov. 24: ACCOUNTS:— The profit for the year was 5 15,780.52 which with the amount
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
    154 8 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association. 1460th Auction. 16th November. 1939 resulted as follows: lb. tons Catalogued 1.174.413 524.29 Offered 1.085 262 484.49 Sold 859.756 383.32 London—Spot 11 1 16d. New York —Spot 19 3 4 cts. PRICES REALISED. RIBBED SMOKED SHEET Cents per Standard Quality
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      LEAN & CO's QUOTATIONS
      221 8 LEAN CO's QUOTATIONS MINLNo Buyers BeUei» Ampats 4/9 5 lj B. Selangors L6O 1.671 Hong Fatts 99 1.03 jelebus 102 i 1.07 Rd Johans 31 34 Jelapangs 32 33 K. Kampars 13/6 14 3 K. Lan juts 20 3 21 3 Kramats 12/ 12 9 Laruts 6 3 6 6
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      SOON THEAM & CO's QUOTATIONS
      326 8 SOON THEAM CO's QUOTATIONS TtX’ Buverw Heller» Ampat 4 104 514 A Amalgamated 6 6 A. Hitam 24 9 25 9 Bangrins 22 9 23,9 Batu Selangors 1.67 4 1.721 Hong Fatts 1.01 1.03 Jelebus 1024 1074 Johans 31 5 334 Kaunas 19 2, Kamuntings 10 9 11 6 K.
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      KENNEDY & CO's SHARE LIST
      239 8 KENNEDY CO's SHARE LIST RUBBER Buyers Sellers Allenby I- 49 Batu Lintang 1-15 120 Benta 1. 10 115 Glenealy 1.474 1-55 Kamasan 1-35 1-45 Kempas 2.224 2 -3 o Lunas 1-85 1.95 Malaka Pinda 1-50 1.574 New’ Scudai 100 1.10 Pa jam 2.174 2.25 Sungei Tukang 1.10 115 Teluk Anson
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      UNITED TRADERS, LTD. QUOTATIONS
      270 8 RUEBER Buyers Seller» Allenbys 1.40 1.50 Ayer Panas 1.47 4 1.524 Bassetts 55 574 Batu Lintangs 1.12 J 1.174 Bentas 1.10 1.15 Borellis 1.50 1.55 Brogas 75 774 Indragiris 1.50 1.55 Kempas 2.20 2.30 Kuala Sidims 2.55 2.65 Lunas 1.80 1.85 Malaka Pindas 1.50 1.55 Mentakabs
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      A.A. ANTHONY & CO's QUOTATIONS
      184 8 A.A. ANTHONY CO's QUOTATIONS Buyers gel era Ampat 4 9 Austral Amal. 6/9 Ayer Hitam 24 6 Bangrin 23'0 2; Batu Selangor 1.67' -7, Hitam 44 Hongkong Tin 22 9 Johan 31 K. Lanjut 20 6 Kinta Kellas 7/3 Klang River 2.10 Kramat Tin 12/3 Kuchai Tin 157: Larut Tin
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    CHINA’S COTTON
    46 8 Chinese Central News. Increased Production In Kweichow Province Cotton production in Kweichow Province this year totals 12.000 piculs, registering an increase of 5.000 piculs over the last year. The non-cotton producing province, Kweichow, has planned for further extension of the cultivation with American seeds.—
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    GERMAN WOOL FAMINE
    145 8 Czech Factoi’ies Idle London. Oct. 27. Three of the biggest textile factories in the former Czechoslovakia territories now’ included in the German “protectorate” have been standing idle for the past three weeks for lack of wool. They are being pressed hard by the Ministry of War in
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    Malay Youth Plead- Guilty
    59 8 Malay Youth PleadGuilty Ipoh A Malay. Md. Taib was ordered to be remanded in police custodv tint: Noum ber 23. when he pleaded guilty I. on the I.poh First Magistrate. Mr I’ F. Radcliffe, to a charge ot the tn- J- m a bottle of tin-ore from the Jelapan 1
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    TIN OUTPUTS
    41 8 The following are the tin the first half month of Nov m’ were:— Satupulo No Liability 363 P Takuapa Valley Tin I)i""' (Dredge Takuapa No. 2' 100.000 cubic yards. 31!' pi' Takuapa No. 3' 241 hem yards, 193 piculs.
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    RUBBER CROP
    16 8 The rubber crop Malacca Rubber Estat• month of October Total for 6 months 227,
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    MINES WASHED UP ON BELGIAN COAST
    21 8 R Brussels. ■> A number of mines wei on th e Belgian coast. causing some damage
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    NATIONAL ORATOR WANTED
    421 9 Mr. Bernard Shaw’s Proposal London. Mr. George Bernard Shaw wants a Council of British Policy and a National Orator or Oratress, whose business it will be to “meet the very able speeches of Herr Hitler. M. Molotov and Stalin, with cauefiully thought out and precisely worded replies
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    THE MAILS
    682 9 I LOSS OF MAILS ON BOARD S.S. “SIRDHANA.” I The Post Office regrets to announce that mails from Singapore for the following destinations were lost on board the s.s. “Sirdhana” on the 13th November: Destination Containing correspondence posted in Penang between Canada (Western States) 1.11.39 10.1L39 approx. China
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    REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR U.S. PRESIDENCY
    952 9 Lack International Experience But Well Advised Washington. 4 LTHOUGH world affairs are expected to be an impor- tant factor in choice of the next American President in 1940, the Republican party leaders most widely mentioned for the Presidency generally lack broad international experience. In this
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    GERMANAMERICANS AND IHE WAR
    399 9 To Avoid Taking Sides Chicago. Hoping to prevent a repetition of experiences of the last war when many German-Americans, loyal to the United States, where virtually ostracized because neighbours assumed they must be siding with the mother country, some important national GermanAmerican societies are making known
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      1280 9 BW |ff W 188 BB U Bn MHBH o| JBBI jß TO-DAY SHORTWAVE STATIONS o y BROADCASTING News In English '1 RANSMISSION—FIVE. From 6.40 9.35 a.m. (Local Time) GSB 951 Mc/s (31.55 m.) <;SE 1188 MC/s (25.29 m.) v -D 11.75 Mc/s (25.53 in.) Transmission 5 6.50 a.m. 1 RANSMISSION—SIX.
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      254 9 PENANG ZHJ 6.08 mc/s (49.3 m.) AM. 7.30 Light Music 7.50 8.8. C. Full News Bulletin (ReUroadcast). 8.10 Close Down, (approx.) P.M. 5.30 Indian Programme. 5.50 News in Tamil. 6.00 Chinese Programme. 6.20 NeAS m Hokkien. 6.30 Malay Programme. 6.40 News in Malay. 6.50 8.8. C. Full News Bulletin (Rebroadcast.)
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      24 9 TIDE TABLE HIGH LOW TODAY 8.16 a m. 2.32 a.m. 9.25 p.m. 2.24 p.m. TOMORROW 9.22 a.m. 3.48 a.m. 10.00 p.m. 3.28 p.m. f
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    I.L.O. AND THE WAR
    302 10 Meeting Of Emergency Committee Geneva, Oct. 11. The Emergency Committee of the 1.L.0., to which the Governing Body has delegated its powers, meeting at Geneva today, discussed what should be the activities of the International Labour Organisation during the war. The war has in no way
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    U-BOAT WAR AND THE CONVOY SYSTEM
    2041 10 Lieut. Commander B.M. Douglas 9 Broadcast From 8.M.8.C. LT. Commander B.M. Douglas, R.N., gave the second of the series of talks from the 8.M.8.'C. at 7.30 last night. The broadcast entitled “The Naval Situation” dealt with the U-Boat War and the convoy system and
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      291 10 Mansfield Co., Ltd. Chartered Bank Building. Penang Tel. 1366. Ueean Building. Collyer Quay. Singapore Tel. 5151. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom and United States of America. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE (SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST
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    KINTA INDIANS STILL UNBEATEN AT HOCKEY
    414 11 Police Lose 3-0 In Ipoh Encounter The Kinta Indian Association maintained their unbeaten tcord at hockey yesterday when they defeated the Police by ice clear goals on the Ipoh Club padang. Playing one man ort for most of the first half the Police were
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    TABLE-TENNIS IN SUNGEI PATANI
    352 11 «••nits In Sin Min School I nion Tourney Sungei Patani. n more fixtures weie played ne on Friday night and n Sunday night, in the Min School Union -tennis tournament for the in the second of the eight fixSunday night. Chew Peng Cheong Ytoh Yong Hooi.
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    ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE OVERSEAS
    283 11 PENANG CENTRE BRIGADE ORDERS FOR THE MONTH ENDING McAlister Road. 30th NOVEMBER 1939: p €n3ng> November 193 9. DRIsioN I PARADE AT U TEK SEAH, Carnarvon Street. Iel: ISM Every Monday at 6.00 p.m. S q“ ad B Every Wednesday at 6.00 p.m. Q “c”
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    INTER-DISTRICT RUGGER
    393 11 Teluk Anson Defeat Ipoh Teluk Anson. The Ipoh Rugger XV that travelled down to Teluk Anson on Saturday afternoon were well beaten by Lower Perak on the Govunment Offices padang before a Large crowd by eleven points (one goal, one try and one penalty goal) to nil. Dominating
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    INTER-POLICE HOCKEY
    121 11 Teluk Anson Lose To Ipoh Teluk Anson. The Ipoh Police “B” team defeated the Teluk Anson Police by four goals to nil at hockey on the Speedy Road padang here on Sunday afternoon. The visitors opened accounts through Pretam Singh late in the first half after missing a
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    EDWARDIANS BEATEN IN TAIPING HOCKEY
    363 11 Old Boys Win By Two Goals Taiping. The King Edward VII School, went down to the Old Boys by two goals to nil yesterday in a fast game of hockey played on the school ground. The game should have been more interesting if less hard
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    BADMINTON
    98 11 Emerald B.P. Beat Mapro’s B.P. In a friendly return Badminton match the Emerald B.P. beat Mapro's B P., at the former’s court by four games to nil. Results (Emerald players mentioned first: Cheah Chee Aun and Low Cheng Siew beat Oh Teng Eng and T. K. Ewe, 15—11, 15—9.
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    HOCKEY
    99 11 P.F.S. vs P.S.C. At Western Road today at 5.15 p.m.: P.S.C.—W. G. Colebeck; J. R. McDougall. J. D. Lambert; S. V. Adams, Lt. W. G. S. Wilson, Lt. P. Narian; T. A. Maxwell, T. W. Carey, Lt. H. T. Rooke, Major G. C. D. Lewis and J. E. Goodrich.
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    CHINESE AND MUSLIMS SHARE TWO GOALS
    285 11 Soccer Friendly On Victoria Green IN a soccer practice in preparation for their match with a Kedah Chinese team at Al or Star on Sunday, the Chinese Recreation Club shared honour s with the Muslim Recreation Club yesterday on the Victori a Green the
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    SIX-A-SIDE CHARITY SOCCER
    290 11 Ten Teams Entered For < Competition r J 1 EN teams are taking part in the six-a-side football competition in aid of St Nicholas Home Fund on Saturday, November 25 at the C.R.C. ground. The draw resulted as follows: IRC. vs S.L.R.C. 3 p.m. <ReI. H. Petersen).
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    IPOH ASIATICS TO MEET TELUK ANSON
    42 11 Inter-District Rugger The Ipoh Asiatic Rugger XV will travel down to Teluk Anson and meet the local Asiatics, captained by Raja Yahaya, in an inter-district encounter on the Government Offices padang here on Sunday, November 26.
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    TAIPING HOCKEY LEAGUE
    159 11 Eurasians Held By Chinese Taiping. Although fielding a weak side, the Chinese Recreation Club did well in a Hockey League fixture yesterday to stretch the strong Eurasian team to a goalless draw on the Esplanade. Play was very fast throughout with both sides attacking in turn. For
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    P.R.C. TENNIS
    64 11 Fixtures For The Week The following are P.R.C. tennis fixtures for the week: TODAY Singles Handicap (semi-final) —4O E. C. Valberg vs —80.4 S. T. Stewart. TOMORROW Singles Handicap (semi-final) Scr. J. D. Scully vs +l5 R. E. Capel. THURSDAY Championship Singles (semi-final) EL C. Valberg vs Dr.
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    Battery Officer Unable To Fire To Stop 'Sirdhana'
    1138 12 SA W VESSEL ENTERING MINEFIELD Relevant Notice To Mariners Distributed By Agents Singapore. Vi/.HEN the “Sirdhana” inquiry was resumed yester- day Mr. W. H. Esson, of Boustead gave evidence that Bousteads’s were agents for the “Sirdhana” on September 5 when the Notice
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    MARKET PRICES
    102 12 TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 21 TIN: Penang $*****J Business done Buyers, no sellers. Singapore $ll7 37j RUBBER: Penang Spot Kennedy’s (Nov. 21) 391 c Boustead's (Nov. 20» Singapore Spot Kennedy’s (Nov. 21) 391 c Boustead's (Nov. 20' 382 c COPRA: Sundried $5.00 buyers Black Pepper Nominal TAPIOCA: Medium $7.00 nom.
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    RETREAT
    33 12 The Band and Drums of the 3rd Battalion, S.S.I F., (P. P.IV.V.C.) combined with the Pipe Band of the 5 /7/// Punjab Regiment will beat Retreat at Fort Cornwallis on December 14.
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    DISPOSAL OF STOLEN BICYCLE
    239 12 Sentence On Chinese Deferred In changing his plea to one oi guilty for dishonestly disposing stolen property. Wong Kwai Hong stated that when he boueht the bicycle from a certain man. he did not know it was stolen property. After his arrest, he was given opportunity-
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    Insignias Presented To F.M.S. Recipients
    916 12 At the opening of today’s meeting of the Federal Council, when the Draft Estimates will be considered. His Excellency the High Commissioner presented insignias to recent recipients of honours in the Federation—the M.B.E. to Mr. R. N. Thamby-Thurai, Meritorious Service Medal to Mr. Francis Huang,
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